ACI Worldwide, a provider of real-time electronic payment and banking company, announced Wednesday (Jan. 4) that it expanded its relationship with the Shared Electronic Banking Services Company (KNET) in Kuwait in which it will use ACI Worldwide’s payment risk management service. With it, KNET can...
K-Bank, the South Korean online-only bank, is slated to open during 2017, marking not only the first online-only bank in the country but the first new bank to open its doors in South Korea. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Helsinki Airport in Finland is one of the first airports in Europe to now enable Alipay. According to a press release, Finavia, which operates the Helsinki Airport, said the move to support Alipay is in response to a rapid increase in the number of Chinese passengers...
Au revoir, 2016! It’s been nice knowing you. For Auld Lang Syne and all that. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...
After fruitful trials in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, as well as a larger launch in Europe this year, Mastercard is now unveiling Identity Check Mobile to Latin America. The first two countries in the region to receive it are Brazil and Mexico. Get...
Vending machines may get a makeover now that Byte Foods, a startup that makes so-called smart vending machines, raised $5.5 million in seed funding, Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Ring out the old — rent checks. Ring in the new — digital rent payments. For the latest Developer Tracker, PYMNTS spoke with Bruce Dragt of YapStone about how mobile is changing the rental payments game for both landlords and tenants. Find that, along with...
The Aadhaar payment app, another part of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to establish a cashless society, was launched this week and allows customers to make free transactions across the banking system via Android mobile devices. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Argon Credit, the Chicago online lender, reportedly filed for bankruptcy protection last week, with negative implications for Ranger Direct Lending Fund of the U.K. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
